Month: September 2016
Over 84 Million Watched Debate
84 million
“According to Nielsen, the debate averaged a total of 84 million viewers across 13 of the TV channels that carried it live. Many millions also watched the debate via live streams on the web,” CNN reports. “Nielsen’s 84 million total counts people who watched via traditional TV channels at home. People who watched the debate at parties, bars, restaurants, and offices were not counted. Neither were C-SPAN viewers. This means the actual total audience is even higher.”
Political Insiders Say Clinton Won Debate
80%
Of insiders — “with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans responding to the post-debate survey — said Clinton did the better job at the debate, including 99 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Republicans. Only 21 percent — 1 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Republicans — picked Trump as the winner,” reports Politico.
Trump’s Debate Answer on Cybersecurity Was Palinesque Word Salad
Now, whether that was Russia, whether that was China, whether it was another country, we don’t know, because the truth is, under President Obama we’ve lost control of things that we used to have control over. We came in with the Internet, we came up with the Internet, and I think Secretary Clinton and myself would agree very much, when you look at what [the Islamic State] is doing with the Internet, they’re beating us at our own game. ISIS. So we have to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is — it is a huge problem. I have a son. He’s 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with these computers, it’s unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough. And maybe it’s hardly doable.
– Donald Trump’s Sarah Palinesque word salad response to a question about cybersecurity during the first 2016 presidential debate.
With a BMI of 29.5, By His Own Standards Trump Is a Fat Pig
29.5
The BMI of a man who is six feet, three inches tall and weighs 236 pounds — Donald Trump’s height and purported weight — according to the Mayo Clinic’s Body Mass Index Calculator. According to Mayo, the threshold BMI score for obesity is 30, so Trump — who routinely criticizes women like former Miss Universe Alicia Machado when they gain weight — is just half a point below obese, making him, by his own standards, a fat pig.
Trump Concedes Debate Defeat
Yeah, she did a good job.
— Donald Trump, caught on camera in a candid moment with his son after last night’s debate.
Dean Suggests Trump Had Cocaine Sniffles
Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?
— Former Gov. Howard Dean, on Twitter.
Polls Find Clinton Clear Debate Winner
63%
Of voters who tuned in to watch said Hillary Clinton was the winner of Monday night’s debate, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate. A Public Policy Polling survey of debate watchers shows Clinton won 51% to 40%.
Trump Laundered Income Through His Charity
$2.3 million
Amount that Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has received from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses, but were instructed to pay Trump’s tax-exempt foundation instead, the Washington Post reports. “In cases where he diverted his own income to his foundation, tax experts said, Trump would still likely be required to pay taxes on the income. Trump has refused to release his personal tax returns.”
The Trump Cocaine Tweet, Captured Live
By now you’ve probably heard the theory that Donald Trump was using cocaine during the first debate with Hillary Clinton. That’s because of the odd sniffing noises Trump kept making. Former Democratic National Committee chair and presidential candidate Gov. Howard Dean tweeted what everyone was thinking, and an alert viewer captured a screen shot of the live tweet and posted it in the comments section of the website Jezebel.
